## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 93

###### Sifrei Devarim 93:1
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(דברים יג יד) **יָצְאוּ אֲנָשִׁים** – וְלֹא נָשִׁים, **אֲנָשִׁים** – וְלֹא קְטַנִּים, **אֲנָשִׁים** – אֵין פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁנַיִם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 13:14) "There have gone out men": and not women, and not minors. "men": not fewer than two.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:2
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**בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל** – בְּלִי עוֹל, בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁפָּרְקוּ עֻלּוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"men of wickedness ("*belial*" [lit., "without a yoke"]): men who have cast from themselves the yoke of Heaven.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:3
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**מִקִּרְבֶּךָ** – וְלֹא מִן הַסְּפָר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"from your midst": and not from a border city (i.e., one between Eretz Yisrael and the land of the nations).


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:4
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**וַיַּדִּיחוּ אֶת יֹשְׁבֵי עִירָם** – וְלֹא יוֹשְׁבֵי עִיר אַחֶרֶת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and they have turned away the inhabitants of their city": but not those of another city.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:5
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**לֵאמֹר** – בְּהַתְרָאָה. **נֵלְכָה וְנַעַבְדָה אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתֶּם**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"saying": (We are hereby taught) that two witnesses and warning are required for each (of the cities). (*Ibid*. 15)


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:6
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(דברים יג טו) **וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב**, מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יז ד) ״וְהֻגַּד לְךָ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב״, הֵיטֵב הֵיטֵב לִגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁבּוֹדְקִים אוֹתוֹ בְּשֶׁבַע חֲקִירוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And you shall inquire": of the Torah. "and you shall search out": from the witnesses. "and you shall ask": of the *Talmud*. Here (in respect to a man's serving idolatry) it is written (*Ibid*. 17:4) "And it be told to you, and you hear, and you inquire *well*," and elsewhere (in respect to scheming witnesses) (19:18) "And the judges inquire *well*" — "well" - "well" for an identity (*gezeirah shavah*.) (We are hereby taught) that he (the witness) undergoes seven cross-examinations (*chakiroth*).


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:7
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בְּדִיקוֹת מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Where do we derive (the need for) *bedikoth* (general examination of the facts, of lesser magnitude than *chakiroth*)? From (*Ibid*. 13:15) "and, behold, true and correct is the thing."


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:8
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אִם סוֹפֵנוּ לְרַבּוֹת בְּדִיקוֹת, מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר חֲקִירוֹת? חֲקִירוֹת, אָמַר אֶחָד ׳אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ׳ – עֵדוּתָם בְּטֵלָה. בְּדִיקוֹת, אָמַר אֶחָד ׳אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ׳, וַאֲפִלּוּ שְׁנַיִם אוֹמְרִים ׳אֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִים׳ – עֵדוּתָם קַיֶּמֶת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If in the end we include *bedikoth*, why *chakiroth*? With *chakiroth*, if one of them (the witnesses) said "I do not know," their testimony is invalidated. With *bedikoth*, if one of them, or even both of them said "I do not know," their testimony stands.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:9
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אֶחָד חֲקִירוֹת וְאֶחָד בְּדִיקוֹת, בִּזְמַן שֶׁמַּכְחִישִׁים זֶה אֶת זֶה – עֵדוּתָם בְּטֵלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Both with *chakiroth* and *bedikoth*, if they refute each other, their testimony is invalidated.


###### Sifrei Devarim 93:10
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**נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת** – לְרַבּוֹת גֵּרִים וַעֲבָדִים מְשֻׁחְרָרִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"this abomination has been done in your midst": to include converts and freed slaves.